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Sogetsu History Sofu Teshigahara was born in Tokyo in 1907. He learnt flower-arranging
from his father who had studied many styles of different schools. When
he was only twenty-five he started the Sogetsu School
of Ikebana. He believed that Ikebana is not merely decorating with
flowers, it is an Art.
That the great difference between floral decoration and Ikebana lies in the belief that once all the rules are learnt, the techniques mastered, we must sculpt. Thus we create living sculptures.
In 1933 he held his first solo exhibition at the Josui Kaikan in Tokyo working with scrap metal, a new medium. In 1949 the first major post war Sogetsu exhibition was held at the Mitsukoshi Department Store in the Ginza. It was revolutionary. |
| He never deviated from the basic principles which distinguish ikebana from
other forms of floral art: to grasp and express the feeling of the
material, to express the third dimension and asymmetrical balance. These were foremost in his teaching- "the principles never change, the
form is always changing".
"He truly grasped the essence of ikebana and expressed precisely the beauty of omission." (Sen-ei Ikenobo) "Ikebana is not a mere decoration, it is an art. Ikebana is not for Japan alone, it is for the whole world." (Sofu Teshigahara) |
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 Sofu Teshigahara (1900 - 1979) Iemoto and Founder of Sogetsu in May 1926 |
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The Sogetsu School was founded on May 5, 1926 by Mr. Sofu Teshigahara
with his revolutionary approach against the traditional and classical
concept of ikebana.